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Why are drones supposed to be cheap?

• TallGuyShort 13y ago
  It's one of their main competitive advantages. If a drone launch starts costing millions of dollars, the benefit it has over a traditional aircraft fly-over starts to diminish.
  • lowkeykiwi 13y ago
    It's the removal of the pilot that is by far the bigger competitive advantage.
  • gress 13y ago
    I don't see traditional aircraft taking off from a submerged submarine any time soon. That would seem to be an alternative advantage to offset the cost.
    • ZushiZack 13y ago
      actually, the Japanese already invented that in WWII - http://www.nbcnews.com/science/sunken-japanese-wwii-submarine-found-coast-hawaii-2D11701154 http://www.nbcnews.com/science/sunken-japanese-wwii-submarin...
      • scotth 13y ago
        Not true. You forgot the submerged part.